Carrousel which rotates in a sloping plane



Ap 27, 1954 R. B. EYERLY 2,676,801

CARROUSEL WHICH ROTATES IN A SLOPING PLANE Filed July 29, 1950 2Sheets-sheaf l 1 mum; 31 30 f q H 0 I q 154 4 25 Z2 //\/Z/E/\/7C7RRUSSELL 15. EYERLY April 1954 RjBuEYERLY I 2,676,801

CARROUSEL WHICH ROTATES IN A SLOPING PLANE Filed July 29, 1950 2 Sh ets-Sheet 2 \/4/&/\/ 7-57 RUSSELL B. EYERLY ,4 7 TUE NEW Patented Apr. 27,1954 OF F ICE CARROUSEL WHICH ROTATES IN A SLOPING PLANE Russell B.Eyerly, Salem, Oreg. Application July 29, 1950, Serial No. 176,624

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to carrousels and particularly to acarrousel which rotates in a sloping plane.

The main object of this invention is to construct a carrousel which willprovide new and safe thrills for the passengers and at the same timehave numerous advantages from the operators standpoint, such as lowfirst cost, ease of erection and convenience in loading and unloadingpassengers.

I accomplish these and other objects in the manner set forth in thefollowing specification as illustrated by the accompanying drawings, inwhich Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the ride.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a swing joint taken along the line 2-2 inFig. 4.

Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 1 taken normal to the axis of rotation andindicates by arrows the directions of the various parts of the ride.

Like numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring in detail to the drawings there is shown a base l upon whichis mounted a central standard II which is fixed with relation to thebase 10 and held in an inclined position by the braces I2.

Journaling in the standard II is a spindle l3 from whose hubs l4 radiatethe upper spokes IS on the outer end of each of which spokes is a plate[6 which is secured to the spoke l5.

Each plate I 6 is braced by a pair of brace rods I8 and I9 to the nextplate in a trailing direction.

Under each plate [6 and secured thereto is a strut 20 having a fitting2| at the lower end thereof, each of which is braced by the lower spokes22 which are united to the upper spokes l by the cross braces 23. Thebraces l8-A are attached to the fitting 2! by means of the pin l1.Mounted in each fitting 2| is a spindle 24 on which is mounted a clevis25 to which is hinged by a pin 26 a car supporting arm 21, on the outerend of which is rotatably mounted a car 28 which may be of the open orclosed variety. Suitable hold down straps should be provided.

A bracing cable 29 is attached to the outer end of each arm 21 and atits inner end to a coupling 30 which is joined by the pins 3| and 32 andlink 33 to the short arm 34 which is connected by a pin 35 to the plateI6. 0n the plate l6 are the diverging arms 36 having the stop screws 31against which the arm 34 can stop in either direction.

Any suitable 'means (not shown) may be employed to drive the ride in adirection indicated by the arrows 38.

It will be noted that on the low side of the wheel there is indicated aloading and unloading zone 39 where passengers may enter or leave thecars 28.

Attention is drawn to the fact that the axis which passes through thepins 24 and 40 incline outwardly from the axis of the spindle l3.

It will also be noted that the short arms 34 can swing a limiteddistance controlled by the stops 36 and 31. This swinging tends toshorten the cable 29 and to raise the car 28 in its orbit of travel.

The net result of this construction is an unpredictable variety ofchanges in the travel and actions of the cars 28 which, it will benoted, travel in an inclined plane but move above and below this plane,depending upon various factors of speed, position and balance in thevarious cages.

Fig. 1 illustrates a possible condition while the cars are in motion.When the ride comes to rest, all of the arms 21 assume radial positions;that is, parallel with the spokes [5. As the wheel is turned, the arms21 which are travelling downhill gain speed and tend to overtake the arm21 ahead but this is prevented when the arms again start uphill.

Obviously each car 28 can rotate on its own arm end 21-A.

In practice the carrousel may be driven through its own spindle or, asis commonly done, by a cable (not shown), passing around the peripheryof the wheel itself.

I claim:

A carrousel comprised of a base having an inclined spindle projectingupwardly therefrom, a frame revolvable on said inclined spindle in afixed plane, said frame including a plurality of radial spokes, eachspoke having a universal joint on its outer end, one joint axisinclining upwardly and outwardly from the outer end of the spoke and theother joint axis being substantially horizontal, an arm hinged directlyto said horizontal axis, a car revolvably mounted on the outer end ofsaid arm on an axis normal to the length of said arm and in a planeradial from the spindle axis, and a brace cable anchored at the outerend of said arm and hinged to the outer end of said spoke along theinclined universal axis, and stops on said spoke limiting the hingingmovement of the innermost end of said cable brace.

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